Improvement in bee-hives



To all whom it frizoyiconcera:

y ditit'ed tatw tmf @tra NATHANIEL r. W'HirnjorMoUNr PLEASANT, iowa.

Letters Patent No. 104,521, dated June 21, 1870. y

iMPRovEMENT IN BEE-arves.'

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent andmakng part of the same.

. Be it knownthatI, NATHANIEL F. WHITE, of Mount Pleasant, in the county of Henryand State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful' Improvement in Honey-bee Palace; and I do hereby declare that' thewfollowing is 'a full, clear, and exact descriptionthe'reof, which will enable others vskilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.'V l

Thisinvention relates'to la new and useful improvement in a` house or palace for honey-bees, in which their 'hives are placed, and where they are protected from moths and from theweather'; and

It consist-s in the construction and arrangement asv f l hereinafter more fully described,

In the accompanying drawingy F'gllle-l represent-s -a vertical section of fig. 2 0n the line x 2:. l .i

Figure 2 is avertical section of iig. 1 on the line Figure 3 is a top view'with the cover olf. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i v

This bee-palace, A, eonsistsof an outer wall, B, elevated onlegs, or in any other'convenient manner, and of suitablersize to receive any desired number of hives and honey-boxes.

O represents the hives, which are placed'in tiers on the sides of the palace, witha dead-air space between them and the outerwall, so that the bees are protected from the extreme cold of winter, andthe honey V.or comb, as well as thebees,lfrom the extreme heat efsummer. i 1 i l `The bee-entrance to the. hive is through' the side `walls of the palace. l l

A tube, D, passes through the'walls foreach hive, which is left open duringthe day, but closed at night, for the exclnsionof the moth-miller, by the perforated metallic shutters D',

E represents a tubular air-valve for each tier of hives, which communicates vwith the front of the palace by metallic tubes, which pass throughthe front walls These air-tubes are covered by perforated metallic shutters, the same as the bec-entrance in the side walls.

The valves E, as well as the hives, are kept in place and in their proper position by means of removable frames and slats, as seen at F and G.

j H represents the door in the front of the palace.

I represents the honey-box as on the hive.

.I are apertures through the back wall of the hive, which are plugged up except when it is `necessary to allow bees to pass out when they by any meansv get into the palace or ont of their hives. Access to the hive is obtained by takingoutthe backs, Vafter enteringthe palace. flhese backs are fastened by two nails, partly driven. When removed,

the comb-cleats may be taken ont, and the honeybcxes or drawers I maybe inspected or removed.

rlhe comb-cleats iu thehive are lseen at K, fig. 2. The apertures for the passage of the bees from the hives to the honey-boxes, seen in iig. 1, at 11, separating the hives from the'outer walls of the palace by an air-space, besides Screening them from the outer atmosphere by those walls, effectnally protect the n y Witnesses:

W. D. LEEDHAM, BENJ.. BEEsoN. 

